Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
Create account
/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "koom" (as in "cool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To elevate someone to a position of power or prestige, usually through connections or influence. In Colombia it describes the act of using your network to boost another person's career or status.
“He lifted him up in the company and now that guy owes his entire career to him.”
“People put you up there and over time you forgot where you came from.”
Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "koom" (as in "cool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To elevate someone to a position of power or prestige, usually through connections or influence. In Colombia it describes the act of using your network to boost another person's career or status.
“He lifted him up in the company and now that guy owes his entire career to him.”
“People put you up there and over time you forgot where you came from.”
Dar vuelta la página
To move on from something in the past and keep going without holding a grudge. The emotional equivalent of closing a chapter: you acknowledge what happened and then deliberately leave it behind. Common across Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.